Originally Posted by WhatNow

There are no plans to move away. They plan a substantial increase in widebody hours over the next 4 years. Forum hysteria is seldom fact.
One thing Delta has been doing is matching capacity to demand. That is why they are generating the large revenue premium over other airlines. In turn that is allowing them to rapidly pay down debt. When the next downturn comes the airlines with the least debt will furlough the fewest pilots.